Folding infant&#39;s bathtub



Jan. 16, 1923. E. FILIPACHE.

FOLDING INFANTSBATHTUB.

FILED JUNEI. 1922.

Patented dan. i6, 1923.

TE@ S'ilitlllhl ELSIE FILIPAOHE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING INFANTS BATHTUB.

Application filed .Tune 16, 1922. Serial No. 568,678.

To all wlw/nt t may concern.'

Be it known that vl, ELsIn llriarAcnii, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of No. 619 lifestllth Street, in the city ot New York, borough ot Manhattan, county and State ot New York, have invented a new and useiful Folding Intants Bathtub, oi' which the Jollovving is a specification, retA erence being had to the accompanying drawings.

lt is the purpose of this invention to sup* ply a device of the character stated which will be found useful in the usually contracted quarters of apartment houses as now generally constructed and which also niakes it possible for a person while bathing the child to be seated, thus materially reducing the labor and annoyance of the operation.

In the drawings, Fig. l illustrates a plan view of the invention, the tub being omitted. Fig. 2 illustrates an elevation of that which is shown in Fig. l, the device being extended and a tub and waste water receptacle shown in dotted lines.

l, l are the two semi-circular halves ot an annular' traine which has substantially the saine contour as the tub to be used with it. These halves are pivoted together at 2, 2 so that they vmay be folded together'. 3, 8, 3, 3, are the legs lot the structure arranged in pairs on its opposite sides. they are pivoted together as at 4e, 4 and are also pivotally connected to the halves of the annular trame l, at suitable lugs 5, 5. which are riveted to the said halves. 6. 6 are two rods which connect and brace the lower ends ot the legs as is usual in such structures. 7 is a rod which acts not only as the pivot or axis on which the two pairs ot legs fold together, but also the rod is headed at one end and threaded at the other and provided with suitable shoulders near the head and threading and with a threaded thumb nut 8. so that when the trarne is extended, the thumb nut being tightened the whole struct-ure will be stift ened or made rigid to the desired extent for use.

I prefer also to attach to the rod or axis 7 a shelf like ring or support 16 for a suitable waste water receptacle 9. `When the thumb nut 8 is tightened the axis will be prevented :trom turning, thus stable support tor the waste water receptacle will be afforded. The tub is shown at l0 in dotted lines. it is provided with a suitable drawoft1 cock ll, and should be ot such dimension relative to that of the trarne l that it will be suitably supported therein either because of its flaring sides as shown, or by resting on its flanged upper edge l2. 13 is a sinall slightly concave plate or traine which is pivotally supported as at 14- on one ot the halves of the trame l. It in the torni ot a concave plate it will itself act as a suitable soap dish or it in the .torni of a hollow trarne it will support a suitable independent soap dish. 15 is a swinging arni pivotally supported as at 'i6 on one of the halves of the frame l which when swung outwardly serves as a support for a towel., sponge or the like. Both ot these devices will be swung or folded inwardly, out ot the way, when the device is collapsed tor storage. The tub and the waste water receptacle will both be reinoved from the folding traine when not in use.

It will be obvious to those who are familiar with such matters that departures may be made in the details oic construct-ion 'troni that which illustrated and described and still the essentials be retained. l therelore do not liinit inysel't in any respect to such details.

l claim- A structure oit' the class stated comprising a ring like ranie composed ot' two semi-cir cular and equal sized halves pivotally and lixedly connected together. two pairs of pivoted legs one leg of each pair being pivot-ally connected to one hall ot said traine and the other leg of each pair to the other hall' of ELSIE FHJIPACHE. 

